Beckman Coulter Diagnostics, Fujirebio announce new partnership

Beckman Coulter Diagnostics and Fujirebio announced a new partnership combining their respective immunoassay strengths to support therapeutic development, clinical trials, reimbursement, and routine clinical adoption in the field of neurodegenerative diseases. The intersection of the growing prevalence of neurodegenerative disease and advances in disease-modifying therapies for Alzheimer’s Disease makes the new Beckman Coulter and Fujirebio partnership evermore critical. This joint effort relies on Fujirebio’s expertise in developing its first-to-market, high-quality neurodegenerative disease biomarker assays and generating the clinical evidence to drive clinical adoption. Beckman Coulter brings proprietary high-sensitivity detection capabilities and a broad installed base of immunoassay analyzers to drive global availability and support for development of more accurate next-generation solutions. To complement the current diagnostic solutions, which rely on PET-imaging or a lumbar puncture for cerebral spinal fluid testing, Fujirebio and Beckman Coulter intend to bolster widespread access to patient-friendly, blood-based diagnostic capabilities which will complement and accelerate the impact of breakthrough Alzheimer’s Disease therapeutics.